India has ranked 94th among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020. This implies that the Indian government has failed to provide adequate food to a substantial portion of the country’s population. The target of achieving zero hunger by 2030 is very difficult. Even before the Cov...
Conventional wisdom says when neighbouring superpowers clash, smaller neighbours become vulnerable. However, when it comes to the recent India-China face-off and its impact on the trade position of Bangladesh, this conventional wisdom seems to have turned on its head. Instead of losing, Bangla...
Oscar awardee filmmaker Martin Scorsese in his film, Gangs of New York (2002) in the backdrop of the American Civil War, showed a group of men shouting slogans, “Down with Lincoln. Lincoln will make all white men slaves,” referring to the great American leader, Abraham Lincoln - thro...
The current situation underlines the importance of securing the cyberspace to ensure the sovereignty of a state. There has been a sharp increase in the number of cyber attacks across the globe. A mammoth number of leaked personal data were listed even in the US and important personalities like...
Japan has recently launched a trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) with India and Australia. The initiative has been formalised in a virtual meeting that was attended by Simon Birmingham - Minister of Trade, Tourism and Investment, Australia, Piyush Goyal - Minister of Commerce...
China’s atrocities in Ladakh have been costly for India in terms of the loss of lives of Indian soldiers. The cost of the resultant Indian military movement has also been high. However, this unfortunate episode may have some important benefits for India. India needs to learn the right lesson...
Kathmandu and New Delhi are currently having to dispute over a centuries-old disputed land. This started at a time when India is already involved in a border dispute with another neighbour - China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. Hopefully, the Indo-Nepal relationship is ye...
On April 19, 1989, the lives of five New York teenage boys changed forever. On that night, a young female jogger was brutally raped in Central Park. These five teenagers were accused of the crime by investigators. They were at the wrong place at the wrong time. In 2019, Netflix made a true cri...
Previous pandemics declared by World Health Organisation (WHO) since the 20th Century (info graphic)Pandemics of the 21st centurySwine flu (2009-2010)The pandemic was caused by an H1N1 virus strain. In March 2009, the virus was found to be transmitted among people fast. This resulted in respir...
Vietnam has improved its growth rate from 2.8% in 1986 to 7.1% in 2019. Its policy, ‘doi moi’ (to make a change) was introduced in 1986. This policy aimed to open its economy and encourage free trade. There was a dramatic increase in foreign investment into Vietnam. As per a 2019 World Ban...